Weathermen Suck

[roadwarrior]

Today's forecast: Mostly sunny with a cold front and rain arriving around 9:00 PM.

 

Actual weather: Thunderstorms beginning this morning at 8:30 AM. Currently heavy rain,

severe lightning and thunder.

 

                                                             

[12poundbass]

You’re retired. Is it possible you have your days mixed up? ?

 

If I were retired I know I wouldn’t keep track of days or time. 

[roadwarrior]

Just retired, not dead.

[MN Fisher]

12 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Just retired, not dead.

Some days, there ain't much difference though.

 

[GaryH]

Partly cloudy, partly sunny with a 50% chance of rain. ? 

[12poundbass]

54 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Partly cloudy, partly sunny with a 50% chance of rain. ? 

You have a bright future in meteorology. 

[GaryH]

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

You have a bright future in meteorology. 

And to think After 4 years of college we can get the same info on a free app.

[throttleplate]

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Today's forecast: Mostly sunny with a cold front and rain arriving around 9:00 PM.

 

Actual weather: Thunderstorms beginning this morning at 8:30 AM. Currently heavy rain,

severe lightning and thunder.

 

                                                             

maybe your weatherman should get a new career as a financial advisor?

[DitchPanda]

Agreed weatherman are worthless people. Only job outside of politician where its perfectly  acceptable to lie to everybody's face.

[gim]

23 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

perfectly  acceptable to lie to everybody's face.

When the relay the forecast though, they think they're accurate lol.  The issue is that half the time it's off, and sometimes its not even close.  And yet they all still have their jobs for being so far off.  I understand that weather is not an exact science but they make it sound like it is.  I wish they would just be brutally honest and real with their forecasts instead of saying this or that and then be completely off.

 

Some of the female meteorologists very likely only have a job because of their physique too.

[slonezp]

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

When the relay the forecast though, they think they're accurate lol.  The issue is that half the time it's off, and sometimes its not even close.  And yet they all still have their jobs for being so far off.  I understand that weather is not an exact science but they make it sound like it is.  I wish they would just be brutally honest and real with their forecasts instead of saying this or that and then be completely off.

 

Some of the female meteorologists very likely only have a job because of their physique too.

You don’t say!

[GRiver]

9 hours ago, slonezp said:

Love it.

I’m making one of these.

 

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10 hours ago, gimruis said:

Some of the female meteorologists very likely only have a job because of their physique too.

Talk about a warm front, Latin American weather forecasts and Venezuelan telenovelas, two things I watch with the volume off, speaking of off...

[A-Jay]

George Carlin offers what might be the single most accurate forecast ever . . .

https://youtu.be/1RXB5lq9kSc?t=474

A-Jay

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5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

George Carlin offers what might be the single most accurate forecast ever . . .

https://youtu.be/1RXB5lq9kSc?t=474

A-Jay

LOL. Shimano guy to Daiwa guy (or vice versa) "My **** is stuff, your stuff is ****".

[TnRiver46]

The sad part is, you still check the weather! They wouldn’t have their job if y’all would just quit clicking on their stuff and selling ads 

[slonezp]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

The sad part is, you still check the weather! They wouldn’t have their job if y’all would just quit clicking on their stuff and selling ads 

I use 3 different apps. The apps are generally contradictory of each other. 

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

I use 3 different apps. The apps are generally contradictory of each other. 

They are throwing darts and you are the cork board 

 

I would imagine the job is next to impossible in Chicago 

[slonezp]

16 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

They are throwing darts and you are the cork board 

 

I would imagine the job is next to impossible in Chicago 

The wind is what I try to pay attention to. Both Sailflow and Wunderground are relatively accurate. 

[TnRiver46]

39 minutes ago, slonezp said:

The wind is what I try to pay attention to. Both Sailflow and Wunderground are relatively accurate. 

Well it’s good someone is close! @A-Jay and @gimruis always say add 10 to the predicted MPh on wind 

[Woody B]

When I was a kid I had a cousin who....just never told the truth.  I heard my Grandfather tell him "if you keep lying you're going to grow up and be a weatherman"   

[throttleplate]

I think they do a pretty good job with the science they have to work with and then make projections.

 

When i was working as a mechanic some shops i was at we had to give estimates of the total end cost of the repair and had to stick to it.

You never know what other parts may be worn or broken internally untill you take the engine apart completely. Kinda like making projections on what the weather is going to do.

[slonezp]

20 hours ago, throttleplate said:

I think they do a pretty good job with the science they have to work with and then make projections.

 

When i was working as a mechanic some shops i was at we had to give estimates of the total end cost of the repair and had to stick to it.

You never know what other parts may be worn or broken internally untill you take the engine apart completely. Kinda like making projections on what the weather is going to do.

Yeeahhh...no

With all the technology available today, things should be more accurate. We can somewhat accurately predict a hurricane. I get that. We cannot predict tornadoes. I get that. Why we can't accurately predict wind and rain is beyond me. 

[JackstrawIII]

On 10/15/2022 at 3:00 PM, roadwarrior said:

Just retired, not dead.

 

Haha, touche.